Re: [tlug] using eucjp on Linux

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com>]

On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Christian Horn <chorn@example.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 08:36:38AM +0100, Christian Horn wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 01:22:08PM +0900, Kalin KOZHUHAROV wrote:
>> >
>> > Can you try the following in this terminal:
>> > `LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucjp date|iconv -f eucjp`
>> > `LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucjp date|xxd`
>>
>> [chris@hive ~]$ LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucjp date|iconv -f eucjp
>> 2013年 12月 24日 火曜日 08:15:31 CET
>> [chris@hive ~]$ LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucjp date|xxd
>> 0000000: 3230 3133 c7af 2031 32b7 ee20 3234 c6fc  2013.. 12.. 24..
>> 0000010: 20b2 d0cd cbc6 fc20 3038 3a31 353a 3438   ...... 08:15:48
>> 0000020: 2043 4554 0a                              CET.
>>
>> The xxd output is the same as for "LC_ALL=ja_JP.utf8 date|xxd"
>> so seems like the LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucjp has no effect?
>
> Ah, I pasted the output correctly, but it _is_ different from
> the utf8 locale:
>
> [chris@hive ~]$ LC_ALL=ja_JP.utf8 date|xxd
> 0000000: 3230 3133 e5b9 b420 3132 e69c 8820 3234  2013... 12... 24
> 0000010: e697 a520 e781 abe6 9b9c e697 a520 3038  ... ......... 08
> 0000020: 3a34 383a 3130 2043 4554 0a              :48:10 CET.
> [chris@hive ~]$ LC_ALL=ja_JP.eucjp date|xxd
> 0000000: 3230 3133 c7af 2031 32b7 ee20 3234 c6fc  2013.. 12.. 24..
> 0000010: 20b2 d0cd cbc6 fc20 3038 3a34 383a 3133   ...... 08:48:13
> 0000020: 2043 4554 0a                              CET.
>
Well since the "+%A" test worked all is fine at I/O level, there is
something eating your bites at the terminal level.
This is the relevant portion of my .Xresources:
XTerm*.VT100*.boldMode:        false
XTerm*cjkWidth:            true
XTerm*ximFont:            -*-*-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-*-*-*
XTerm*font:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-140-75-75-c-140-iso10646-1
XTerm*font1:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-50-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont1:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1
XTerm*font2:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont2:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
XTerm*font3:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-140-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont3:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-140-75-75-c-140-iso10646-1
XTerm*font4:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-160-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont4:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-16-160-75-75-c-160-iso10646-1
XTerm*font5:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-240-75-75-c-120-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont5:
-efont-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-240-75-75-c-240-iso10646-1
XTerm*font6:
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-120-100-100-c-90-iso10646-1
XTerm*wideFont6:
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-24-120-100-100-c-180-iso10646-1

Try terminal if you can, I remember having issues with certain xterm
configurations, that is I switched to terminal a long time ago.

Kalin.